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cinque-pace

cinque-pace noun: a lively dance, the galliard, whose steps were regulated by the number five.

Noun

cinque-pace (plural cinque-paces)

  1. (obsolete) A lively dance, the galliard, whose steps were regulated by the number five.
    • For, hear me, Hero: wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig, and full as fantastical; the wedding, mannerly-modest, as a measure, full of state and ancientry; and then comes Repentance, and with his bad...1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

cinque-pace meaning in Tamil

cinque-pace in Tamil

ஐயடி ஆல்ல்கூறு வகை

Forms of cinque-pace

pluralcinque-paces

Questions about cinque-pace

What does cinque-pace mean?
Cinque-pace means a lively dance, the galliard, whose steps were regulated by the number five.
What is cinque-pace in Tamil?
Cinque-pace in Tamil is ஐயடி ஆல்ல்கூறு வகை. See Cinque-pace meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cinque-pace?
Cinque-pace is a noun.
What is the plural of cinque-pace?
The plural of cinque-pace is cinque-paces.

Words near cinque-pace in the dictionary

  1. cinquains
  2. cinque
  3. cinque buchi
  4. Cinque Port
  5. Cinque Ports
  6. cinque-pace
  7. cinque-paces
  8. Cinquean
  9. Cinquecentism
  10. cinquecentist
  11. cinquecentists

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